Lessons will be starting Tuesday Sept. 8th 7:00 pm at the Grange. There is still time to talk to your friends and invite them to come. Remember the first two lessons are free so they can try it before having to make a commitment. Details can be found on our website DoceyDandies.org or on our Facebook page at Facebook.com/DoceyDandies. It is beginning to look like the class is going to be one of the bigger ones which should make for a lot of fun!The Membership Committee has been hard at work with lots of help from the rest of the club putting together a very dynamic, flexible lesson plan. It is our intention to offer square dance lessons any day of the week any time of the year. We are prepared to start an Alternative Beginner Lessons (ABLs for short) anytime we have interest. Only requirement is that we need at least 4 students to start one. The club’s goals for the lessons are three-fold:

teach new people to square dance

allow “newer” dancers an opportunity to become better dancers

to create a positive social, club atmosphere.

We encourage Docey Dandies who want to practice their dance skills to come to lessons. If you have previously graduated it is free. Personally I found it took me two sets of lessons before I really felt like I got all the calls down. This year the fall lessons are going to move at a bit faster pace. We are hoping they will be done sometime in early December. I asked Mike what he needed from the club to accomplish this and he replied “Quality Angels”. (See Doug's email regarding guidelines for Angels).This year Sandy and I will act as Lesson Coordinators. Working with the members of the Membership Committee we will try to structure the lessons to accomplish our three goals (teach new dancers, refresh newer dancers and to have fun). We will be looking for Buddy Angels (Angels to dance in a square that have a connection with the students in a square). When students come to lessons we will check with them to see how they found out about us. If you recruited some of the students let us know so we will know to square you up with them.